Monument record MLI89799 - Possible Romano-British salt making site on Morton Fen adjacent to the Bourne-Morton canal

Summary

Possible Romano-British salt making site on Morton Fen adjacent to the Bourne-Morton canal

Type and Period (2)

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Full Description

PRN 34495 A scatter of briquetage with Romano-British pottery, small burnt stone and bone (including a single possible human skull fragment) was seen in the area of a dark soilmark during fieldwalking. The presence of briquetage implies salt working in the area. Further soilmarks were seen in the vicinity but no finds were recovered from them. {1}

Sources/Archives (1)

  •  Bibliographic Reference: Hayes, P. P. and Lane, T. W.. 1992. The Fenland Project No.5: Lincolnshire Survey, the South-West Fens. Gaz: MOR 51.

Map

Location

Grid reference Centred TF 14800 24160 (40m by 40m) Centre
Civil Parish MORTON, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE

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Record last edited

Mar 21 2021 8:35PM

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